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HANSARDPublic Service Broadcasting OnlineMy Lords, I would be deeply comforted by the noble Baroness’s answers this afternoon if it were not for the fact that the Secretary of State has established an advisory panel…09 Dec 2020HANSARDRenewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2020My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister and particularly grateful to her for allowing us to forewarn her of questions that we might want to raise, not least because I think…07 Dec 2020HANSARDChild Trust Funds: Children with Learning DisabilitiesI had the privilege 20 years ago of initiating the research on, and then working with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to set up, the child trust fund. We never envisaged at that…03 Dec 2020HANSARDHuman Medicines (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, I was going to make an esoteric and wide-ranging speech on the relationship between the protocol, the MHRA and the European Medicines Agency and wow the gathered…02 Dec 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, it is a pity, although entirely understandable, that we had to break the debate last week because not only were the contributions extremely informative and, in some…01 Dec 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillIn the light of the answer the Minister has given, including her willingness to talk with my noble friend Lord Hain, I am happy to withdraw.01 Dec 2020HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) BillMy Lords, I am very pleased to lend my support to my noble friend Lord Adonis and his well-crafted amendment, and to follow the noble Lord, Lord Curry, and—yes—the noble Lord,…30 Nov 2020HANSARDAudiovisual Media Services (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, it is hard to do justice in an hour, with a three-minute time limit, to something that, on the face of it, looks like a technical adjustment to take account of our…27 Nov 2020HANSARDSpecial Educational NeedsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made (1) in developing the SEND Futures initiative, and (2) in their internal review of special educational needs provision.26 Nov 2020HANSARDSpecial Educational NeedsMy Lords, before Covid there was a welcome in this House for the capital spend on additional physical places for special educational needs, but a deep worry, which has been…26 Nov 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Act 2020 (Expiry of Mental Health Provisions) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020My Lords, I unequivocally endorse the Minister’s words of appreciation of the work of everyone, at every level, who has maintained a degree of service that has avoided the use of…25 Nov 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillFirst, I declare a tangential interest in the sense that I am patron of the Society of Occupational Medicine and, together with the faculty, it obviously has a real interest in…17 Nov 2020HANSARDPublic Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, the Minister has spelled out very clearly the rationale for this instrument and I do not think that anyone this afternoon will object to taking this forward and…16 Nov 2020HANSARDHouse of Lords CommissionMy Lords, I ask the Senior Deputy Speaker a very simple question: who will interpret the word “impossible”? It is certainly true that without my own assistant it would be…11 Nov 2020HANSARDConstruction Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, when two or three are gathered together you can guarantee there will be consensus. The atmosphere today is very different from that of yesterday when this House again…10 Nov 2020HANSARDLife in the UK TestAs someone responsible for introducing the first of the Life in the UK documents and tests, I recommend that people should read Professor Trentmann’s article in the Times Literary…03 Nov 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Extension of the Relevant Period) Regulations 2020My Lords, I chose to re-engage with the legislation—in which I played a part as the Bill passed through Parliament—to make just two very small points, which I am reinforcing from…27 Oct 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillMy Lords, although I was the shadow Health Secretary for two years in the 1990s, I speak with some temerity because the three contributors that we have just heard have expertise…26 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: South YorkshireI have a similar declaration to the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, and agree with his comments on tests, where the 24-hour turnaround for tests has now dropped to 15% of the total.…22 Oct 2020HANSARDPublic Health Restrictions: Government Economic SupportMy Lords, I am on record as being in favour of a local rather than a national fiat in dealing with this pandemic, but, since Tuesday 28 million people are now in either tier 2 or…15 Oct 2020